Recipe: Gingerbread Chews (no bake cookies, using rice krispies)

GINGERBREAD CHEWS
"These chewy drops have the lovely flavor of old-fashioned gingerbread. Scented with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, they're are all about cozy. "

1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups crisp rice cereal

Line cookie sheets with wax paper.

In medium-size saucepan combine the brown sugar and corn syrup. Bring mixture to a boil, cooking and stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until blended and smooth.

Add the cereal to the peanut butter mixture, stirring until well coated.

Working quickly, drop the mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the wax paper. Let stand in cool place to harden.

Stare tightly covered between layers of wax paper.

Makes about 24 cookies
Used by permission to Recipelink.com from Cumberland House
Source: NO-BAKE COOKIES BY CAMILLA V. SAULSBURY